Note: with all the discussion of spoilers, I'll be kind and tell people that they shouldn't read this post if they haven't read the book.



So I've finally read Wintersmith... after disliking AHFOS, I was preparing myself for the worst this time round, but I did enjoy Wintersmith. Not a Terry tour de force by any means, but an enjoyable read. There were bits that weren't so good, but were made up by other things.

Things I disliked:

• Anagramma's transformation into Miss Treason: It seemed a bit contrived and conveyed that a witch could just get by with Boffo. Sure, Boffo helped Miss Treason but she had a lot of substance underneath that. It looked like Anagramma's substance just appeared with the Boffo.
• You. Added nothing for me.
• When I first read it, Chapter 1 engrossed me into the book. But after finishing the whole book I was confused about where it fitted in until I re-read it and the other appropriate chapters.

Things I particularly liked:

• The 'love' quadrangle between Tiffany, Roland, Wintersmith and Summerlady and how the story was resolved with the kisses between the respective parties that didn't want to end up with each other - I think that sentence makes sense
• The Feegles, back to full WFM glory, not relegated to comedy bit-part but had something really meaningful to get stuck into, that wasn't just fighting.
• Miss Treason was a glorious witch, in every facet of the profession/calling.
• Tiffany's interaction with all the other witches, in particular Nanny Ogg.

Overall, I still prefer WFM to Wintersmith, but this isn't too far off. Much better than AHFOS.